This week, Mount & Blade 2’s early access launch date was moved up by one whole day, Epic Games launched a publishing scheme, Half-Life: Alyx was the talk of the town, and that ol’ new coronavirus continued to disrupt things. Read on for more of the week’s PC gaming goings-on in our News Digest, and
Actor Abubakar Salim, who voiced Bayek of Siwa in Assassin’s Creed Origins, has opened up his own video game studio, Silver Rain Games. Former BAFTA games program manager, Melissa Philips, has teamed up with Salim and the two have plans to give budding developers a chance. Outside the gaming world, Salim is known for his roles
SUBSCRIBE for Every Theory! ►► http://bit.ly/1qV8fd6 Get yourself some NEW Theory Wear!! ► https://bit.ly/2N1m7V7 Welcome back to Minecraft Theory, where we do deep dives into anything and everything Minecraft! Honestly Theorists, there is SO MUCH to explore in this game. In my search for theory fodder on Creepers, Endermen, and all other manner of creatures,
Captured on Nintendo Switch (Docked) Licensed games continue to be incredibly hit and miss. There are certainly examples of titles that have got it right, such as South Park: The Stick of Truth and its sequel, but sadly there are countless other games that just simply feel like shameless cash grabs, relying solely on the
It’s not a great time for physical games. While us videogames lot are enjoying more time than ever to play, it’s practically impossible to run a weekly board or card game meet when all the shops are shut and any human interaction could lead to contracting a (potentially deadly) virus. In an effort to keep
Square Enix has released a new statement to address concerns regarding physical copies of Final Fantasy VII Remake, which the company previously warned may suffer from delays due to Coronavirus. Square Enix has said that it is set to ship boxes copies on time. However, many countries around the globe have imposed lockdowns and travel
This week, Half-Life: Alyx got a few post-launch tweaks, Mordhau added a new map, and Rainbow Six Siege unleashed a horrifying man of pizza. Read on for more of the week’s PC gaming patches in The Weekly Updates Update. Half-Life: Alyx added more control options You can now use Continuous Turn and disable controller turning.
Sony’s European and North American wings will reportedly continue to pay employees who are unable to work from home during COVID-19 lockdowns. Senior journalist Patrick Klepek tweeted that he has been briefed about an internal memo sent to employees in both regions, in which the company directed employees to continue working remotely until at least
Google Stadia might still be struggling to find its place in people’s living rooms. But for one studio’s home offices, it’s becoming an invaluable piece of tech. After Covid-19 hit their home state of Washington pretty hard, Destiny 2 developers Bungie have explained the beefy laptops and cloud streaming workarounds that aim to keep Guardians
GameStop is reportedly asking employees in Massachusetts to wrap their hands in plastic bags when dealing with the public amid a statewide order requiring non-essential businesses to shut down. Last week, GameStop announced that it’ll be processing digital orders at its facilities and will offer curbside pick ups, which allow customers to make payments at
It’s an infinite universe, you know. And if there’s life out there, there’ll be absolutely tons of it. Loads and loads and loads of planets, with unfathomable numbers of worms and that to categorise. But the human imagination is, alas, less infinite. And so, even though there could be as many games about exploring alien
This week, Nintendo shadow-dropped a Mini Direct presentation. In it, the company confirmed some release dates, revealed some brand new games and rolled out updates for existing ones. There were a few other goodies like a game demo for Bravely Default II and the confirmation an ARMS character was coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
By Stephany Nunneley, Saturday, 28 March 2020 15:56 GMT The rights to a live-action adaptation of 80’s video game Dragon’s Lair has been picked up by Netflix, and Ryan Reynolds is reportedly in talks to produce and star in it. According to The Hollywood Reporter, negotiations for a live-action adaptation of Dragon’s Lair have been
For as long as there’s been Minecraft, there’s been people who want to re-create the world in Minecraft. For one modder, though, it’s not enough to have a to-scale replica of our pale blue dot recreated in Mojang’s block-builder. A new project named Build The Earth is looking for talented builders with too much time
PlayStation 3’s production officially ended in Japan back in 2017 and although Sony has been breathing life into the console via small firmware updates, the last-gen console has understandably lost a number of features over the years. Now, the PS3 is set to lose cross-platform messaging. In a notice published on the Japanese PlayStation website
Resisting this beauty was hard to begin with, but it’s even harder if you’re sharing your island with someone else. The reception of Animal Crossing: New Horizons has arguably exceeded the lofty expectations of even the most discerning fans, and it couldn’t have come at a better time. Millions of people are enjoying the game
By Stephany Nunneley, Saturday, 28 March 2020 14:48 GMT Warface arrived on Switch in February and saw 1 million players within its first month of release. One month after its official launch on Nintendo Switch, Warface has reached 1 million registered players, with a total playtime equal to 83,000 days. During this time, players have
A remaster of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2‘s campaign is all but confirmed. The game has been outed several times and rated by multiple boards now, and as if that wasn’t enough, Modern Warfare 2‘s artwork and files have been unearthed by dataminers. Tucked away in Modern Warfare‘s update files is the image that
By Stephany Nunneley, Saturday, 28 March 2020 14:13 GMT Gears Tactics is out next month, so you will want to look over the minimum and recommended PC specs. PC specs for Gear Tactics have been revealed, and below you will find the minimum, ideal, and recommended desktop specs as well as recommended laptop specs. When
Robots in disguise The RPS VidBuds have put up a bunch of let’s plays as part of Rezzed Digital, as this year’s iteration of the usual Indies Uncovered stream, and they’ve already found some solid games in the pack. But one of the surprise standouts from the bunch, for me at least, is Unspottable. I
As information about next-gen platforms continues to trickle out, two more developers have announced games for the PlayStation 5. Kings of Lorn: The Fall of Ebris studio TeamKill Media is making a cosmic horror first-person shooter, Quantum Error, for both the PS4 and PS5. No further details have been revealed but you can check out
After hitting the Nintendo Switch last year, Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist: Link Evolution has finally hit the PS4. Link Evolution acts as an updated version of 2015’s Legacy of the Duelist, adding in new cards and content and changing the ruleset to a more updated version. As a casual fan of the series growing
By Stephany Nunneley, Saturday, 28 March 2020 13:15 GMT Fans of the Castlevania Netflix series rejoice. The rather popular Castlevania Netflix series has been renewed for a fourth season. News of the renewal was announced by Netflix on Twitter. pic.twitter.com/ZuPyKxGRDF — NX (@NXOnNetflix) March 27, 2020 Castlevania Season 3 aired on Netflix earlier this month.
It’s all well and good to want to save and enrich the environment, but is gardening really good fodder for a deck-building card game? Most such games we’ve experienced are about legendary battles between blade and magick, not cultivating plum trees. But keep an open mind and you’ll find plenty to enjoy in the digital
The killing fields are open, team. Predator: Hunting Grounds‘s free weekend kicked off last night, letting you skulk about a lush open forest full of heavily-armed soldiers, super-powered alien mercenaries, and enough mud to give Hollywood’s favourite muscle-man a mud bath three-times over – all without spending a penny. Since its announcement last May, Predator:
Right. Well. It’s a bizarre situation we find ourselves in (and I do hope you are in), and I am here to provide you with your weekly dose of free games. I can’t deny that it’s rather surreal to turn on my video game machine (that’s my computer) and behave as though everything is some
[embedded content] The Nintendo Direct Mini earlier this week revealed a lot of upcoming third-party titles for Switch. 2K, in particular, announced three of its major franchises were en route to the hybrid system. This had a lot of people buzzing until the huge download requirements for the physical versions were uncovered. At the time
Bouncy mobile block-buster Holedown is worming its way onto Steam. Following brilliant, abstract kinda-sorta-RTS Rymdkapsel, Swedish developer Martin “Grapefrukt” Jonasson’s 2018 puzzler is a deceptively smart little gem that has you shattering planets at the behest of an ever-present communist worm. Two years later, the worm’s domain is spreading to PC – and this time,
Nintendo has filed a patent for its Nintendo Switch Lite design with the Japan Patent Office. The listing explains simply that it is “an electronic computer capable of playing a game” along with the names of the two creators of the filing, Yui Ehara and Junichiro Miyatake. The handheld-only console released back in September of
So, we’ve reached the end of yet another hectic week full of sneaky, surprise Nintendo Directs and a whole bunch of people who have been angrily slating Animal Crossing. Thankfully, then, it’s finally time to have a quick rest. Members of Team Nintendo Life have shared their gaming plans for the weekend below, and we’d
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